Mission and Strategy

Mission:

Elders Climate Action Massachusetts works to mobilize elders to address climate change while there is still time to protect the well-being of our grandchildren and future generations.

Core strategy:

Organizing elders to exert pressure on lawmakers and government agencies to develop policies that respond forcefully to climate change. We promote climate-friendly societal norms and behaviors among individuals, communities, businesses, and educational institutions.

Supporting Strategies:

We encourage elders to take responsibility for climate action

We cultivate a strong network of connections with allied organizations and the lifelong networks of our elder climate activists

We reach out to elders to foster clusters of elder activism

We develop relationships with key legislators

We cultivate expertise on the reality of climate change and ways combating it

We communicate about the reality and impact of climate change, telling stories that draw on our unique wisdom, to influence other elders, other citizens, and decision-makers

We facilitate elder engagement by alerting elders to personal and local actions they can take

We actively develop our leadership capacity as individuals and as an organization.